Thursday, March 7, 2013
Hour 1
Segment 1
Cenk hosting.  Sen Karl Levin has decided to retire, but Cenk is calling it running for the hills.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/carl-levin-retiring_n_2832081.html   Sen Rand Paul’s filibuster of Brennan over the drone program has ended. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/03/07/the-morning-plum-what-rand-pauls-filibuster-accomplished/  The White House has responded by saying the president doesn’t have the right to kill U.S. citizens on home soil.  Video of Sen Paul expressing his satisfaction with the result.  The Wall St Journal criticized Paul’s filibuster, telling him to calm down.  John McCain also ridiculed Paul for his principled stance. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/rand-paul-john-mccain-filibuster_n_2829358.html   Video of Lindsey Graham defending the drone program on the Senate floor.  Video of Dick Durbin challenging Paul by referencing the emergency of bringing down the 4th plane on 9-11.  In the end, Durbin was convinced of Rand’s position.http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/06/1682861/number-two-senate-democrat-says-senate-should-reopen-filibuster-reform/   Now that Paul’s filibuster was successful, several progressive Dems had excuses for not showing up.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/rand-paul-filibuster-democrats_n_2830850.html

Segment 2
The Quiet filibuster against another one of Obama’s nominees continues.  His Circuit Court appointees are held up an average of 100 days, while Bush’s were held up 15 days.  The Justice Dept has concluded that it would be detrimental to punish the illegal activities of the big banks. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/fallout-from-untouchables-documentary-another-wall-street-whistleblower-gets-reamed-20130304  Video of AG Holder expressing this position.  Holder also defended the use of bullying Aaron Swartz for his minor crimes, that ended up not even being crimes. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/elizabeth-warren-eric-holder_n_2823618.html?1362616052

Segment 3
Videos of Bill O’Reilly going after Alan Colmes over Obama’s proposed cuts.  He went back on the air the next day to defend his screaming match.  Video mashup of his latest blowup coupled with his Inside Edition one. http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/05/confronted-with-facts-oreilly-screams-bullshit/192927